More sad neighborhood news on the heels of this morning’s post. A construction worker at The Church Of St. Paul The Apostle (Columbus & 60th) fell to his death on Thursday. He had been working in an “attic-like space” 125 feet above the cathedral floor.

Sad and scary way to start off the week, but frequent MUW contributor Noah snapped a shot of this macabre scene at West End and 71st earlier this morning. UPDATE 11:33 am: Bystander reports “he was on his way to work then dropped dead of a heart attack.”

Sad news coming out of today’s NYC Triathlon, which took place mostly on the Upper West Side. A 64-year-old man taking part in the competition suffered an apparent heart attack during the swim portion of the race in the Hudson River. Another participant, a 40-year-old woman, experienced undisclosed health problems, also during the 1.5K swim [...]

78-year-old Yolanda Casal was killed yesterday by an SUV speeding in reverse to get a parking spot.

33-year-old Carla DelGallo was hospitalized and her daughter, six-month-old Gianna Ricciutti, was killed on Saturday after a tree branch fell near Central Park Zoo, sparking more questions about the quality of maintenance of the park’s 26,000 trees.  The baby was in her mother’s arms outside of the zoo’s gate when the limb fell, causing head [...]